Word: 200th
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...Crimson wrote. “For a century the Pierian Sodality has held its own through varying fortunes and has made valuable contributions to the study of music at Harvard.”Gassett would be happy to know the organization he helped save is now thriving, entering its 200th year.BICENTENNIALITYAs part of the festivities, James Yannatos, the music director of the HRO, is including several perennial audience favorites in the season’s program, such as Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony and George Gershwin’s “An American in Paris...
...Already, every member of the National Assembly is a Chavez ally - which is largely thanks, however, to the opposition's boneheaded boycott of the last parliamentary elections - as is just about every Supreme Court justice. As a result, keeping Chavez in power until 2021 (his stated goal, the 200th anniversary of Venezuelan independence) if not longer could eventually make him, by default, a kind of "democratator," a democratically elected dictator. At the very least, says Jones, "it's bound to set off some alarms about the constructs of democratic government...
...Italy, the 200th anniversary of his birth has been a yearlong opportunity to bring to life the countless Garibaldi monuments in town piazzas. A made-for-TV movie depicted his battlefield prowess, the month-long Giro d'Italia bicycle race began in his adoptive hometown on the island of Sardinia, his famous speeches have been re-enacted from the same balconies were he once appeared before adoring crowds, and of course the obligatory commemorative stamps and coins. But Garibaldi's spirit has also returned to foreign shores, with a concert in Staten Island, New York, and celebrations in the Uruguayan...
...Exoneration: In 2006, 23 years after his conviction, some of the DNA from a rape kit that had never been tested was found not to belong to Waller. A judge vacated his conviction and Gov. Rick Perry officially pardoned him on March 9, 2007. He was the 200th person the Innocence Project exonerated. "I want to get married again," he told CNN. "I want a wife and I want a baby and I'll probably will name her Grace... If I have a boy, I may name him Mercy...
...Faena isn't done, however. He recently announced plans for the Aleph. Prompted by the imminent 200th anniversary of the 1810 May Revolution, which led to Argentina's independence from Spain, this Norman Foster-designed, 125,000-sq-m residential and commercial complex is visualized as an epoch-defining landmark. Both the hotel and the Aleph are in turn envisaged as part of a fully fledged art district that attempts to revive Buenos Aires' early 20th century belle epoque. A grand endeavor indeed, but Faena has already shown that he can create something special where others might see folly...